Black Womens Literature of the Americas

Drawing on a range of historical and literary texts, this book examines how Black women under the yoke of slavery negotiated their sense of belonging and spirituality from a liminal position, stuck between a new life in the Americas, and their connections to their African ancestral roots and a wider diasporic community.

Autorentext

Tonia Leigh Wind completed her PhD at the University of Georgia, USA and is currently a Teaching Associate of Portuguese at the University of Nottingham in the UK.

Inhalt

1. INTRODUCTION. 2. EMBARKATIONS AND DISEMBARKATIONS: THE VOICES OF THE ORISHAS IN THE AMERICAS. 3. YEMANJA AND OSHUN: AFRICAN GODDESSES IN DIALOGUE WITH THE AMERICAS. 4. MEMORY AND (RE)MEMORY IN WORKS OF BLACK WOMEN WRITERS. 5. MAPPING THE DIVINE IN THE AFRICAN DIASPORA. 6. GODDESSES: MEDIUMS OF WORLDS. 7. GRIOTS: GUARDIANS OF UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE. 8. NEGOTIATING GENDER AND MATERNITY UNDER THE YOKE OF SLAVERY. 9. MANIFESTATIONS OF SEXUALITY AND SPIRITUALITY: A LITERARY PERSPECTIVE. 10. CONCLUSIONS.